diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 86f9d76b1464b1b0d5e8b5fc9f9c0c129713bd57..d259da3ce67a6b18f6e4a345a5729876e373efc0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -1863,6 +1863,12 @@ ip_set_sockfn_get(struct sock *sk, int optval, void __user *user, int *len)
 	if (*op < IP_SET_OP_VERSION) {
 		/* Check the version at the beginning of operations */
 		struct ip_set_req_version *req_version = data;
+
+		if (*len < sizeof(struct ip_set_req_version)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto done;
+		}
+
 		if (req_version->version != IPSET_PROTOCOL) {
 			ret = -EPROTO;
 			goto done;